CMS Forced To Implement 26.5% Medicare SGR Rate Cut CMS forced to implement 26.5% Medicare SGR rate cut because of Congressional inaction December 21, 2012 CMA, Medicare, News Congressional inaciton, Medicare, Medicare SGR rate cut, SGR 0 0 Comment Read More »
Obama’s New Fiscal Cliff Offer Proposes Repeal of SGR White House’s latest “fiscal cliff” offer proposes a permanent repeal of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) alongside $400 billion health care savings. December 18, 2012 News, Payment, Politics and Medicine SGR, Doc fix, fiscal cliff, sustainable growth rate 0 0 Comment Read More »
Surgeons Choose Hospital Employment Over Private Practice General surgeons and surgical subspecialists are opting for hospital employment over private practice, according to a database study published in the Archives of Surgery. December 18, 2012 News hospital employment, Archives of Surgery, practice trends 0 0 Comment Read More »
January 31, 2013 Deadline Set to File for 2013 Medicare ePrescribing Hardship If physicians believe they meet one of the Medicare electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) hardship exemptions but did not file by the June 30, 2012 deadline, they will have until January 31, 2013 to apply. December 14, 2012 e prescribing, News eRx hardship exemptions, Medicare ePrescribing, medicare eRx, Medicare ePrescribing hardship 0 0 Comment Read More »
DSM-5 Wins APA Board Approval; Scheduled for Release May 2013 The American Psychiatric Association’s board of trustees has approved the fifth edition of its influential diagnostic manual, dubbed DSM-5. December 10, 2012 News American Psychiatric Association, APA DSM-5, DSM-5 0 0 Comment Read More »
